I just found out that decisions have been mailed to me from both Vandy and Penn. I haven't received them yet and don't know what they are -- I fully assume them both to be rejections, or possibly WL -- but I'm wondering if either school has notified students of acceptances via snail mail...??

Called the admissions office today to check status (almost 4 months since deferral). I am 'still under review' and a decision hopefully will be made soon. I did not press for a firm timeframe, because I want them to take as much time as posisble if it helps me.

I am pretty confused about what they are waiting on if not yeild numbers. I have lower than median numbers for both lsat and gpa, but some strong ties to the school. I have gotten my hopes up at this point, foolishly.

Anyone have any theories about the still pending late 05 deferrals at this point?

I've been waiting for over 3 months since being deferred. Many other people have too. It's gonna be a while, deal with it.

Sorry you were deferred, but there's no need to be snippy--for many of us the whole reason we are on this board is to commiserate with others who are still chewing their nails to shreds, and this IS our way of dealing with it. I'm not going to apologize for stressing.

Sorry I came off as snippy. I was hoping to put it in context though. There seems to be a very large number of folks from Deferrals and RD that will go on well into April. My sense is (just conjecture) that PEnn needs to have firm yeild info before moving onto borderline apps. My best guess is that we won't hear much until late April(deposit date), save for an update email.

Yeah I got deferred from EA, and didn't even bother sending in a letter of continued interest

Can someone who got the deferal/rejection letter give a clue as to the post mark? I'm in CA, was fully expecting to get one today, but came up empty. Obviously I've gone insane but would very much like to know.

Columbia and NYU are both better for employment (even if its a small difference)and columbia is much better for clerskship academia.Unless you are averse to NYC, have very strong personal connections to philly or got a lot more money from Penn, it doesn't seem like much of a choice.